UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown Archives

UM Shore Regional Health to Offer Winter/Spring “Don’t Worry, Be Healthy” Course Beginning January 24, 2024

January 9, 2024Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System, will host an in-person, five-session workshop titled “Don’t Worry, Be Healthy,” beginning January 24, 2024. Designed to teach participants how to stay healthy by making healthier and safer choices, the workshop will meet once per month, in-person […]

Pink Polar Bear Golf Raises Funds over $10,000 For Eleanor & Ethel Leh Women’s Center

September 14, 2023Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD: Members of the Chester River Yacht & Country Club organized and participated in the 12th annual Pink Polar Bear Golf Tournament this summer, raising a record $10,200 to benefit patients served at the Eleanor & Ethel Leh Women’s Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. This year’s event attracted nearly 90 club […]

Eleanor and Ethel Leh Women’s Center Installs New Mammography Machine

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023Across Our Desk

A new, state-of-the-art Senographe Pristina 3D mammography machine with tomosynthesis is the most recent addition to the Eleanor and Ethel Leh Women’s Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. Designed by women, for women, this new equipment offers a more comfortable mammogram experience, with adjustments made for better positioning and compression, and improved image […]

Chestertown Mammography Patients Being Scheduled at Other UM SRH Sites Due to Equipment Replacement at Leh Women’s Center

January 31, 2023Across Our Desk

EASTON, MD – Due to an unforeseen construction event, mammography equipment at the Eleanor and Ethel Leh Women’s Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown is non-operational. University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is in the process of replacing the mammography machine with new, state-of-the-art equipment. While the new mammography machine is being acquired […]

Prochaska Assumes Expanded Role as Emergency Department Manager at Chestertown

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018Across Our Desk

Chestertown – Sandy Prochaska, nurse manager for Acute Care and Intensive Care at Shore Medical Center at Chestertown since 2014, has expanded her role to include management of the hospital’s Emergency Department, according to Kathy Elliott, executive director, SMC at Chestertown. A resident of Worton, Md., Prochaska began her career in health care at Shore […]

UM Shore Regional Health – June 2018 Events Calendar

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018Across Our Desk

JUNE 2018 EVENTS CALENDAR – UM SHORE REGIONAL HEALTH SATURDAY, JUNE 2 • Caregiver’s Coffee – Saturday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Cancer Center, Easton. Open to family members, friends and others providing care and support for a patient dealing with a cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Topics of discussion include financial concerns, community resources, stress […]

Gail Dierker, Chestertown nurse, honored at Nurse Excellence Awards

May 14, 2018Across Our Desk

Chestertown Nurse Honored at UM Shore Regional Health’s Annual Nurse Excellence Awards Event Gail Dierker, staff nurse in the Same Day Surgery Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, was among the honorees at UM Shore Regional Health’s 2017 Nurse Excellence Awards Celebration, which took place on Monday, May 8, 2018 at the Todd […]

Chestertown Dietitian Offers Help with Weight Loss

March 9, 2018Across Our Desk

Early March is that time of the year — after the holidays but before spring — when many people decide they need to take off a few pounds. But it’s a struggle and most become frustrated and give up. In observance of March as National Nutrition Month, Mary King, RD, LD, CDE, of Nutrition Services […]